OHMEGA WATTS
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With a humble B-Boy swagger and original hip hop values Ohmega Watts first release on Ubiquity was a soulful and DJ friendly solo 12” featuring his group Lightheaded and Quannum Recording Artists The Lifesavas. “A Request” was an up tempo J5 party-style hip-hop banger with beats to rock dancefloors from coast to coast. While “Illuminate” provided a smoother buttery sound, and “Wind It Up” an instrumental mid-tempo flava…Most of the music on this 12” came together in a live, random, spur of the moment session. “A Request” turned heads worldwide including internationally respected DJs like Mr. Scruff, Gilles Peterson, Greyboy, and the Los Angeles-based Heavyweight Record Pool. Earning comparisons to Digital Underground and Pete Rock it also scored Ohmega Watts an album deal with Ubiquity.

“That Sound” is the massive follow-up single to his 2004 sell-out debut. It features up n’coming West Coast MCs the Procussions with Noelle from The Rebirth on the hook. The Quantic Soul Orchestra step up with a super tasty funk remix. “That Sound” is a bouncy party track sounding like vintage Tribe Called Quest or Leaders of The New School ala 'Scenario.' The Quantic Soul Orchestra mix has an infectious summer funk vibe, with instantly catchy guitar licks and Hammond organ adding a wicked organic vibe.
Producing since 1997 and MC’ing since 1993 the Ohmega Watts resume includes tracks produced for Mars Ill on Ill Boogie, for Listener on Mush, plus he’s recorded as Lightheaded for Day By Day Ent, and as Return To Sender on the Piece of The Action compilation. Hailing from Flatbush, Brooklyn, brought-up by Jamaican parents Campbell moved to Florida for college and then settled in Portland, Oregon. He is now part of a bustling North West independent scene that includes the Lifesavas (who appeared on his debut single), Boom Bap, Soul Plasma, Libretto, Lightheaded and The Blacknotes.

This Fall MC and producer Milton Campbell aka Ohmega Watts will come correct with organic and energetic hip hop, funk and soul on his debut album “The Find”. His sound is original, from the heart, straight no chaser music. The Find refers to both musical and personal inspiration and track themes span from crate diggin’ dreams and musical reminiscing, social commentary and spiritually charged story telling. Inspired as much by hip hop legends like Eric B & Rakim and Premier as contemporary electronic producers like RJD2 and The Herbaliser, and old school experimentalists like Shuggie Otis The Find pushes current industry-standard boundaries. “Sick of the monotony, we got the remedy” he declares in “Long Ago.” Most of the music is played live and re-sampled by Watts and a cast of supporting musicians - there are no loops or played-out samples and within tunes he often switches beats up moving from one musical vibe into another.

In addition to both MCing and Producing this album Ohmega Watts also knocked-out the cover to The Find. An avid designer he’s also completed work for Pigeon John, Adidas, Lightheaded, and even for the Ubiquity clothing line.











"Ohmega takes it back to when it was only about beats and rhymes, when Jam Master Jay was more than a memory and the culture had harmony."
THE SOURCE

“The new Ohmega Watts record, The Find, is incredible, like Curtis Mayfield as done by J5.”
PORTLAND MERCURY

"Creative is an understatement as Watts gives old-school rap a new school, sample-heavy swagger"
GIANT

"Funky Soul and razor-sharp dance-floor cuts... this is hip-hop that everyone - not just fans of the genre - can enjoy."
ROLLING STONE

"A passionate showcasing of the unfiltered, raw energy that is thankfully on the up again in hip hop."
TRACE

"Full voltage"
UNDERCOVER

"A hugely solid record"
ELEMENTAL

"The Find bounces with limitless energy from start to finish"
I-DJ

"One of the freshest talents to have emerged out of hip-hop's leftfield in the last five years... The Find takes inspiration from boom bap bad boys Pete Rock and DJ Premier, as well as Stereolab."
DAZED & CONFUSED

“This is body-rockin’ hip-hop at its best and will likely be Ubiquity’s most worthwhile release this year.”
URB

"An exciting talent has been set loose"
CLASH

"Compared already to DU and J5, the quality here ensures Watts may soon be deserving such lofty praise"
HIP-HOP CONNECTION

“If you spend your days reminiscing about the days when fresh acts like Tribe, De La, Jeru, and The Roots ruled your speakers, give this album a shot. Seems to be a sure one.”
MPH

"This release is not to be slept on if you truly love hip-hop"
BEAUTIFUL DECAY

"Ohmega Watts has done everything right on his bouyant, soulful debut"
BPM

"Head-nodding, club-thumping hip-hop with jazzy soul."
HOOTERS

“If you spend your days reminiscing about the days when fresh acts like Tribe, De La, Jeru, and The Roots ruled your speakers, give this album a shot. Seems to be a sure one.”
MPH

“An electrifying solo debut!”
REMIX

"Drops a laid-back vibe similar to tracks created by musical masterminds like Common, Mos Def and Talib Kweli..."
CAMPUS CIRCLE